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OET (OET-RV) But the Gazites passed around the news, “Shimshon’s in town.” So they encircled the city gate and they laid in wait for him all night. They stayed quiet the whole night, saying, “We’ll kill him when it gets light.”
OET-LV To_the_Gazites to_say Shimshōn he_has_come here and_surrounded and_lay_in_wait to_him/it all_of the_night in/on/at/with_gate_of the_city and_kept_quiet all_of the_night to_say until the_light_of the_morning and_kill_him.
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16:2 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
UHB לַֽעַזָּתִ֣ים ׀ לֵאמֹ֗ר בָּ֤א שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ הֵ֔נָּה וַיָּסֹ֛בּוּ וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־ל֥וֹ כָל־הַלַּ֖יְלָה בְּשַׁ֣עַר הָעִ֑יר וַיִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּ כָל־הַלַּ֨יְלָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר עַד־א֥וֹר הַבֹּ֖קֶר וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ׃ ‡
(laˊazzātim lēʼmor bāʼ shimshōn hēnnāh vayyāşobū vayyeʼerⱱū-lō kāl-hallaylāh bəshaˊar hāˊir vayyitḩārəshū kāl-hallaylāh lēʼmor ˊad-ʼōr haboqer vahₐrəgənuhū.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τοῖς Γαζαίοις, λέγοντες, ἥκει Σαμψὼν ὧδε. καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν, καὶ ἐνήδρευσαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τῆς πόλεως· καὶ ἐκώφευσαν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα, λέγοντες, ἕως διαφαύσῃ ὁ ὄρθρος, καὶ φονεύσωμεν αὐτόν.
(Kai anaʸngelaʸ tois Gazaiois, legontes, haʸkei Sampsōn hōde. kai ekuklōsan, kai enaʸdreusan epʼ auton holaʸn taʸn nukta en taʸ pulaʸ taʸs poleōs; kai ekōfeusan holaʸn taʸn nukta, legontes, heōs diafausaʸ ho orthros, kai foneusōmen auton. )
BrTr And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come hither: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will slay him.
ULT And it was told to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here.” So they encircled and they lay in ambush for him all of the night at the gate of the city. And they kept themselves quiet all of the night, saying, “At the light of the morning, then we will kill him.”
UST People told the leaders of the Gazites, “Samson has come inside our city!” So the leaders sent men to surround the place where Samson was. They waited there secretly all night. The leaders also put guards at the city gate. But they did not try to capture Samson that night. They decided that once day came, they would be able to see clearly to catch him and kill him.
BSB When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded [that place] and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn then we will kill him.”
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEBBE The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “Wait until morning light; then we will kill him.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, “He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!”
LSV [it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, “Samson has come in here”; and they go around and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, “Until the morning light—then we have slain him.”
FBV The men of Gaza found out Samson was there, so they gathered to spend the night lying in wait for him at the town gates. They kept quiet all night, whispering to one another, “We'll kill him when it gets light.”
T4T People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him when he tries to leave the city.”
LEB No LEB JDG book available
BBE And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.
Moff No Moff JDG book available
JPS And it was told the Gazites, saying: 'Samson is come hither.' And they compassed him in, and lay in wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying: 'Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.'
ASV And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.
DRA And when the Philistines had beard this, and it was noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as he went out.
YLT [it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, 'Samson hath come in hither;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, 'Till the light of the morning — then we have slain him.'
Drby [And it was told] the Gazathites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they surrounded [him], and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill him.
RV And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.
(And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither/here. And they compassed/surrounded him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him. )
SLT To the Gazites, saying, Samson came here. And they will encompass, and will lie in wait for him all the night in the gate of the city, and they will be silent all the night, saying, During the light of the morning and we killed him.
Wbstr And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they encompassed him , and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning when it is day we shall kill him.
KJB-1769 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.[fn]
(And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither/here. And they compassed/surrounded him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. )
16.2 quiet: Heb. silence
KJB-1611 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and layd wait for him all night in the gate of the citie, and were [fn]quiet all the night, saying, In the morning when it is day, we shall kill him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
16:2 Heb. silent.
Bshps No Bshps JDG book available
Gnva And it was tolde to the Azzahites, Samson is come hither. And they went about, and laied wayte for him all night in the gate of the citie, and were quiet all the nyght, saying, Abide till the morning earely, and we shall kill him.
(And it was told to the Azzahites, Samson is come hither/here. And they went about, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Abide till the morning early, and we shall kill him. )
Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available
Wycl No Wycl JDG book available
Luth No Luth JDG book available
ClVg Quod cum audissent Philisthiim, et percrebruisset apud eos intrasse urbem Samson, circumdederunt eum, positis in porta civitatis custodibus: et ibi tota nocte cum silentio præstolantes, ut facto mane exeuntem occiderent.
(That when/with listenssent Philistines, and percrebruisset at them intrasse city Samson, they_surrounded him, positis in/into/on gate/door of_the_city to_the_guards: and there the_whole at_night when/with silence beforestolantes, as done in_the_morning exeuntem they_would_kill. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available
16:1-31 There is nothing of judgeship in this last chapter of Samson’s checkered history. Samson effectively abandoned his calling and was eventually stripped of his gifting as well. Only in his final encounter, when he again turned to the Lord in prayer, did any of his heroic stature revive.
Note 1 topic: translate-textvariants
לַֽעַזָּתִ֣ים ׀ לֵאמֹ֗ר
to_the,Gazites to=say
Ancient translations of the book of Judges all have the words And it was told. The text does not make sense without them. So it appears that these words dropped out of the Hebrew text during the process of copying and transmission. Modern versions of the Bible include them or the equivalent, and we recommend that you do the same in your translation. If your language does not use passive verbal forms, you could express this idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And the Gazites learned]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וַיָּסֹ֛בּוּ
and,surrounded
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [So they encircled the house that Samson was in]